The United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (FinCEN) has commissioned the CFI Group, an independent research
organization, to conduct a survey to assess the value of our products: The SAR Activity
Review-Trends, Tips & Issues and The SAR Activity Review-By the Numbers. FinCEN
has obtained permission from the Office of Management and Budget through control
number 1505-019 1 to conduct this survey in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. § 350 1-3520) and its implementing regulations (5 C.F.R. Part 1320).

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the CFI Group may contact you in
the near future to participate in the survey. Depository institutions and futures
commission merchants will receive an email invitation from the CFI Group that includes
a link to an online survey, and data will be collected from money services businesses via
telephone.

Through the survey, we hope to learn more about your needs and identify
opportunities to improve these products. The results of the survey will be reported only
in the aggregate; individual responses will be grouped anonymously along with those of
other FinCEN customers.

On behalf of FinCEN, thank you in advance for your cooperation and insight.
Should you have any questions about this effort or want to provide additional feedback,
please contact Barbara Bishop, Regulatory Outreach Specialist, at 703-905-5137.